Junior Year (2009-10): Earned second team all-Patriot League accolades following his performance at the league championships ... qualified for the "A" final in three events and ended with a fourth and a pair of sixth-place efforts ... was named the Team MVP ... touched with a time of 50.98 in the 100 back which bested his former school mark of 51.16 ... effort was good enough for sixth overall ... swam the third fastest 100 free time in school history with a 45.81 in the finals en route to a fourth-place finish ... placed sixth in the 50 free with the fifth best time in Colgate history at 21.00 ... teamed with Dan Sweeney, Costas Hadjipateras, and Cameron Voell to swim a 1:23.87 in the 200 free relay, the second fastest time in the program's history and teamed with Sweeney, Hadjipateras and Patrick White to touch with the second best time in the history of Colgate swimming in the 400 free relay (3:03.05).
Sophomore Year (2008-09): Earned first team all-Patriot League honors ... was named as the Team MVP ... picked up three top five performances individually at the Patriot League Championships - all in record setting fashion ... ripped off a personal best 20.35 in the 50 yard finals en route to a third-place effort ... eclipsed the school record for the first time on the weekend with a 20.62 in the preliminaries, which bested the former record of 20.89 set in 2003 ... broke the school record on consecutive swims in the 100 free en route to a fourth-place effort ... posted a 45.33 in the preliminaries and then a 45.07 in the finals ... finished fifth in the 100 back at the league meet after posting the best time ever at Colgate - a 51.16 in the finals ... was part of four record setting relays on the year ... swam the opening legs in the 200 medley relay (1:34.16) and 400 medley relay (3:25.74), and final leg of the 200 free relay (1:22.49) at the Patriot League Championships ... was part of Colgate's 400 free relay team (3:01.75) that not only posted the school record, but its highest finish ever in this event at the PL Championships (second place) ... touched with a career-best 1:45.79 in the 200 free at the 2008 Nike Invitational at Kenyon College ... posted a pair of top 15 finishes at the Nike Invitational - 9th in 100 free and 15th in the 50 free.
Freshman Year (2007-08): Earned a spot on the all-Patriot League second team ... broke the Colgate freshman records in the 50 and 100 free with times of 21.19 and 46.32, respectively, at the Patriot League Championship ... his time in the 50 free is tied for third on Colgate's all-time performers list, and his 100 free time ranks second in school history ... posted a personal-best time of 52.92 in the 100 back, which ranks third on Colgate's all-time performers list, at the league meet ... led off the 200 free relay that broke the Colgate varsity record and finished third at the Patriot League Championship with a time of 1:24.53 ... swam the first portion of the 400 free relay that recorded the second-fastest time ever at Colgate, 3:07.24, and turned in a fourth-place finish at the league meet ... swam the lead-off leg of the 200 medley relay that posted the fourth-fastest time in school history, 1:35.32, at the conference championship ... his time of 24.72 in the 50 back portion of the 200 medley relay was a personal best ... anchored the 400 medley relay that registered the ninth-fastest time ever at Colgate, 3:30.36, at the league championship ... swam the 200 free in a personal-best time of 1:46.63 at the Nike Invitational.
High School: A four-year letterwinner in swimming at Mountain Lakes High School ... served as team captain as a senior ... named an NISCA All-American in the medley relay and 200 free relay in 2005 and 2006 ... Honored as a Star Ledger all-state first-team selection in the medley relay and 200 free relay in 2005 and 2006 ... named to the Daily Record all-area first team in the 50 free in 2006, the medley relay and 200 free relay in 2005 and 2006, and the 400 free relay in 2004 ... team won the state championship and the state relay chamionship in 2005 and 2006 ... helped team win the conference and county championships in 2004, 2005, and 2006 ... led team to a three-year record of 44-3 during his first three seasons ... also lettered in golf ... was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Tucker Pendleton Gniewek was born in Morristown, New Jersey ... isthe son of David and Barbara Gniewek ... has one sister ... Majoring in history.
